It looks like he is gasping at the water's surface, which could mean you dont have enough oxygen or too much CO2 in the water, or it could be worse and be ammonia/nitrite/nitrate poisoning. Try doing a 20-30% change and see what happens.
I agree with the previous post. Do you use CO2? What is your water change schedule and how many fish are in the tank? Did you say the tank size? It may be that this fish is just more susceptable to water quality.
That is your problem! Your tank is gonig trough a cycle, and your ammonia levels are probably throug the roof with that many fish. You need to be doing daily water changes with ammonia in your water untill it goes away. Your angel's red gills are a sign of that and it is gasping for clean air. You need to ensure that your fish will survive through this.
She is getting worse now . she cant control her movements shes just sinking and her gills are still acting wierd whe is flipping around and all this wierd stuff. Ive been told to add some aquarium salt. would untreated seasalt work?
I don't think the salt would help much. I agree with Cody - the fish is likely suffering from ammonia poisoning from being in an uncycled tank. You need to know those water parameters. If you don't have the kit yet, I suggest taking a sample of water to the LFS and have them test it for you. Make sure they give you exact numbers for pH, ammonia, nitrite and nitrate. Before you leave for the store, I would do maybe a 40% water change on the tank. You could take them samples of water from before and after the water change just to be extra careful.
In the future, you always want to cycle your aquarium before adding fish to prevent the fish from suffering from ammonia poisoning as you're witnessing now.
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